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June 20 - Rotarians Gather to Learn About Food Insecurity  The issue of food insecurity in Lexington has been on our Club’s radar screen for some time and has been identified as a possible subject of our next transformative mission.  To learn more about the issues, last Thursday, fifty Rotarians and guests heard from God’s Pantry CEO and Rotarian Mike Halligan and his team in a gathering at the God’s Pantry operations center. Also, we had a report from Harry Richart, chair of our Club’s Food Security Committee on our own Food for Families effort.   Rotary’s efforts were acknowledged by God’s [...]

The men and women of our armed forces have certainly been in the news and on our minds recently.  As we have been doing for some time now, the Rotary of Lexington spent the evening of June 18th helping Military Missions provide aid and comfort to our military folks stationed around the globe. Approximately 20 Rotarians, family, and friends gathered at Military Missions to pack goodie bags for deployed military service members at Military Missions!  MILITARY MISSIONS                                                  [...]

AN ANNUAL TRADITION: THE ROTARY PAST PRESIDENT’S DINNER The club held its annual Past President’s Dinner, Tuesday, June 3, at The Lexington Club. As is customary, the immediate past president “hosts” and all past presidents of the Rotary Club of Lexington, and members who served that role at other Rotary clubs are invited. This year, Kim Johnson presided and engaged all past presidents by asking each what their high, low, and surprise while they were in office. It was wonderful to hear from twenty-one past presidents as they did a quick review of their year. It was remarkable to hear of [...]

Rotarian Scott Neal, Chair, Scholarship Committee, introduced three very deserving students who received the 2025 scholarships.       While all three of this year’s award recipients excelled in multiple ways, the Committee focused heavily on applicants’ essay answers to two questions:  why does the candidate deserve the award and why will this award help them afford their continuing education.  We think you will agree the Committee chose well.  Cerise Archer is a recent graduate of Lafayette High School in the Pre Engineering Program and a SCAPA Theatre Performance major. She was a member of the National Honor Society, Science National Honors [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington was honored as a 2025 Hometown Host for bringing the Rotary Large Club Conference to Lexington in the fall of 2026."Hometown Hosts helped attract many meetings that otherwise might not have been located in Lexington,"VisitLEX President Mary Quinn Ramer said. "They serve a significant role--not only in tourism and conventions but also in exposing so many visitors to the tremendous attractions that Lexington has to offer."Past President Gerry van der Meer, head of hospitality and hotel logistics for the Rotary Large Club Conference 2026, accepted the award at the Lexington Hospitality Awards event. More about the [...]